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Lusíadas Saúde Lifts Revenue to €474 Million and Earmarks €165 Million for New Hospitals, Including One in Faro

Private group Lusíadas Saúde grew 2025 revenue 14% to €474 million and will invest €165 million through 2030, including a €60 million hospital in Faro opening in 2027-28 with about 500 jobs. It now runs 16 health units, up from six in 2022.

The Portugal Brief 06 Jul 2026

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Portugal Has Become Brazilian Business's Doorway Into Europe — but the Bureaucracy Still Tests Their Patience

Brazilians are now Portugal's largest foreign community, and a growing share come to build businesses. With the Mercosur-EU deal in force, Portugal is pitching itself as their gateway to Europe — backed by a €1bn fund — even as AIMA's permit backlog tests everyone's patience.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

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Portugal's Space Sector Added €2.4 Billion to the Economy Over Five Years, a Government-Commissioned Study Concludes

A Novaspace study for the Portuguese Space Agency finds space activities added €1.2 billion directly to GDP from 2019–2024 and €2.4 billion in total value, with every euro generating another €1.17 — even as the sector stays tiny at 0.03% of GDP.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

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Portugal's Biggest Private Hospital Group Signals It Will Bid to Run Public Hospitals — but Only Under a Better Model

Lusiadas Saude president Vasco Antunes Pereira told Lusa the private group is willing to bid for new public-private partnerships to manage SNS hospitals, but wants a more precise oversight model first — recalling its 14-year Cascais concession as the Government reopens hospital PPP processes.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

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The Tesla Model 3 Topped Portugal's June Car Sales — the First Time an Electric Car Led the Month

ACAP data show the Tesla Model 3 was Portugal's best-selling car in June 2026 with 1,231 units, up 77% year-on-year, ahead of the Peugeot 2008 and Dacia Sandero. A EUR4,000 state EV grant runs until 27 July, and BYD's new Dolphin undercuts rivals from about EUR29,994.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

Aerial view of the industrial port of Sines in Portugal, with cargo terminals, tank farms and breakwaters

A Critical-Metals Firm Reserves Land at Sines for a 10,000-Tonne Antimony Refinery and 150 Skilled Jobs

ACM (Alchemy & Critical Metals) has reserved a 131,000 m2 plot in the Sines industrial zone to build a refinery producing 10,000 tonnes of antimony a year — a metal on the EU critical-raw-materials list — with around 150 direct jobs and operations targeted for 2030.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

The cable-stayed Vasco da Gama Bridge over the Tejo estuary in Lisbon rising out of golden morning fog at sunrise

Portugal's Motorway Operators Demand €500 Million for Pandemic Toll Losses; the Government Says They Were Never Really Hurt

Portugal's toll-road concessionaires, led by Brisa and Lusoponte, want around €500 million in compensation for the traffic they lost during the pandemic lockdowns. The government, through the IMT, refuses — arguing they were never materially harmed. The dispute is now heading into arbitration.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jul 2026

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